News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-01

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him to college. She found no sacrifc
too great in order to obtain the means o
paying for his board and lodging. Sh
would arise an honr earlier in the morn
ing and go to bed later at night, Will
all day long she would toll like slave
Poor Mother Florent. How she did
move about in those days. Luckily i
was not long before the youngster wa
able to provide for himself. He fir
won O scholarship here, another at col
lege, still another in Paris at the Ecolt
Centrale, where he stood at the head o
his classes.
"He must be phoenix, thenn
! Il don't know about his being
phoenix, but one thing certain is, that
like his mother, he Is hard worker
and by working hard, one always ge t.
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81 agree with you there"
"Well, to cut the story short, he sue
ceeded. In Paris, during three years h,
faithfully attended to his studies, Will,
he gave lessons here and there, and by
this means made money enough to meet
his smaller expenses. At last, he passed
his final examination successfully, and
with his diploma in his pocket, he re-
turned home. His good reputation haC
preceded him, and on his arrival NJ.
Bondurand offered him situation in his
wooden mills
"Ahi yes. Now l understand about
the marriage. But how about those two
that you were laughing about awhile
ago2 Where do NJ. de Vauvilain, baliff,
and NJ. Chapuis, the landed proprietor,
come ing'
'Hold on, you go too fast. In plac-
ing Jacques Florent at the head of his
factory, NJ Bondurand had not the least
idea of letting him wed his daughter
YOU"
''Then Mile. Celeste's marriage took
place against their wishes?"
'Never in the world"
81 don't understand it at all then. ,,
THAT is not surprising. You don't
give me time to explain things. You
may we'll suppose that, with her
fortune, Mile. Celeste, who is a charm
ing young person, as you may have
noticed yourself, and who was brought
up as a princess, had no end of ad-
mirers. Every winter Nine. Bondurand's
parlors are thronged with the best
society of the town, and at her recep-
lions the richest and most dis
tinguished people are to be met.
Being an engineer, Paul was invited
He never failed to attend, but he
always remembered his place, while
AIessrs. Chapuis and de Vauviain para
ded in the first ranks, letting it be
known that they were in love with Mile.
Celeste. l believe, though, that they
were only in love with her dowry. Each
made up his mind to win the prize at
any cost, and the conduct of both was in
strict accordance with this determi-
nation. The strangest part of the whole
proceedings was that neither attempted
to get into the good graces of the young
lady, who always treated them with
marked GOODNESS.
singular lovers, thosew
''They imagined that Mile. Celeste
being a good girl of very social dis
position, she would always comply with
her parents wishes, So they proceed
ed to lay siege to the old folks NJ
by displacing an interest in
NJ. Bondurand's affairs, had no trouble
in winning him over, while M. de Vau-
villain, by means of his nobility, and by
putting on the airs of great lord, sue
ceeded in getting the mother to espouse
his cause to such an extent that, in a
short time, she promised him her
hand, while, on the other
side, her husband was making the same
promise to his rival"
'.And of course Mile. Celeste pro-
tested?"
''Not at all. She let things take
their own course. 1t happened that she
occasionally danced with Jacques Flor
ent and had conversed with him in the
parlor. The young. engineers quiet,
serious character and his easy, dfstin-
guished manners soon impressed her.
One day he spoke of his mother, of her
devotion to him, of the gratitude and
affection that he bore her This proved
to the young lady that his heart was in
the right place. Jacques, ON his side
felt himself more than interested in the
beautiful and sweet girl that had so
kindly paid attention to him, but as he
knew her to be very rich, his demeanor
was always so respectful that no word
of love ever passed between them"
"And still"
''Of course, everything had to come
out all right in the end. Here is the
natural winding up of the comedy. The
first time that NJ. and Nine Bondurand
communicated to each other their de-
signs in regard to their daughter there
was terrible row. Just think. Mon
sieur wanted Chapuis for his son-in-law.
Madame could not bear him; he was a
baboon, Chinaman, a miser; he was
ugly, deformed, l-bred, badly dressed,
unkempt and ridiculous. Madame
wanted de Vauvilian, whom Monsieur
held in holy horror. A snob, a talker,
a boaster, BOBBY, an ass; noble, it was
true, but a wretched beggar who had to
depend entirely on his situation.
''They could not agree, then?"
''Of course not. 'Vauvilain, neverr
exclaimed NJ. Bondurand. 'Chapuis,'
replied his wife, Pll die firstr
sit was at this point that Mile Ce-
leste took hand in the game She told
her father that she loved NJ Jacques
FIorent, that NJ. Florent loved her, that
she would be his wife or else she would
marry de Vauvilain. She said the same
to her mother, only the conditions were:
Jacques or Chapuis. Neither hesitated.
In order to get rid of the one each hated
so much, both consented. The game
was won.
''Of course the engineer was expect
ing affairs to take this turn?"
mot at all; but Mile. Celeste had
been astute enough to foresee that
there was no opposition to be dreaded
from that quarter. She had her father
to call ON him, and | need not say that
the worthy young fellows surprise
was as great as his JOY. You can I'M
1erstand that he accepted the offer
his only condition being that,
it the wedding, the place of honor
would be given to his mother. You
have seen, yourself, that his wish was
granted.
"Now, il you want to know why the
whole town attended the wedding, l
must say it is because everybody likes
Jacques. And" added Father Philip,
with cunning smile, if L must tell all,
you should remember that we are in the
and we have had nothing else
to talk of during the past three
months. y From tie French
Discipline the Eye.
A very oood wov IN discir,Iina +ba